October & November Performance Actions.

I'm gearing up for a series of shows this month into next, all abroad. First, there's a talk & a solo performance in Riga, Latvia at the Skanu Mesz festival on the 11th followed closely by a solo concert at Nico Vascellari's Codalunga space/studio in Vittorio Veneto on the 12th. Mark Fell & I will be wood-shedding our duo project for a few days in & around Sheffield before debuting it at the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival on the 15th. Wish us luck!

I'll be back in the states for a week T'ing C of Mimaroglu B from the 16th to the 23rd, but then Mark & I will both be in Berlin at the Volksbühne taking part in a great CTM-sponsored bill with Suzanne Ciani's new group Neotantrik w/ Andy Votel & the Demdike Stare guys on the 24th. I have a few days off in Berlin to record-shop & relax before the UK debut of the duo w/ Mark at Joshua Brooks in Manchester on the 30th. We're at Cafe OTO on Halloween, after which I'll be heading to Antwerp for a secret Ultra Eczema-related show there, followed by a solo concert at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, wherein I'll be using the IPEM's Synthi 100 to play a piece. Then its back in Cambridge on the 3rd for a bit of a break.

December is already shaping up, with solo & duo concerts with Mark in in Brazil; stay tuned!

First photo taken during the first trip; a typical apartment block in Riga, Latvia.

Fantastic selection of Eastern Bloc vinyl here @ LIRA - the only recordshop I hit during the first trip. Polskie Nagrania, Melodia, Electrecord, Hungaroton for days.

Okkyung Lee @ Skanu Mesz.

Schmück at Frankfurt airport.

Incredible cloud formations flying over the Alps.

Landing, outside of Venice.

Venice by planewing - unfortunately as close as I got this trip.

Outside of the Commune di Vittorio Veneto are a series of impressively dark sculptures.

Decamped late after the Manchester gig for Rotherham again. Mark has great taste in lighting.

Fabio taking a photo of our setup at Cafe Oto.

Had a really nice meal at Mangal with Mark, Harun Mirza, Richard Sides, and Thomas before the gig.

Thomas played a quad set on his Serge & a Max-MSP-based control setup - absolutely stellar.

Hanging outside with Rebecca after the gig.

Dalston on Halloween is an amazing place.

Thomas & Mark inspect the forthcoming Oto project space.

Train journey from London to Antwerp via Brussels.

Antwerp Centraalstation never ceases to amaze.

Fluwelen Koord!

Lieven, Eva, Ryan, and Tom at Het Bos.

Ryan's blastjacket.

Finally, I got to play this majestic beast as part of my set at the IPEM "All Connected" show at Ancienne Belgique.

Nixie tubes represent.

Shot of the voice-board of the Synthi 100.

Ditto, the other bank; no shortage of voices.

There was a great long talk on the IPEM's history along with playback of Goeyvaerts & Goethals pieces, plus documentary films.

They brought out some of the historical IPEM designs from the Museum of Musical Instruments.

Update: I've just arrived home; very successful, inspiring run of shows, much fun had all around. The four duos with Mark Fell showed some real promise for such a fledgeling collaboration & the handful of solo concerts were among the best I've played in years both musically & direction-wise. I'm in a good place right now. Above you'll find a selection of photos taken during October & early November in Riga, Vittorio de Veneto, Cleethorpes, Rotherham, Lausanne, Berlin, Manchester, London, Antwerp, Brussels, and points in between - mouseover for a bit of commentary on each & to "freeze" the slideshow.